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IN CHECKING U. S. ARMY RECORDS, WE UNDERSTAND YOU MAY HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE LAST EUROPEAN BATTLES OF WORLD
WAR II--THE AMERICANS' ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE RIVER ELBE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. Your full name?
John J. Devenney
437 Sherman 2 Road, Springfield, Delaware County, Penna.
2. What was your unit and rank as of April 14, 1945?
Captain
Company Commander, 2nd Battalion, 32th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Inf. Div.
3. When did you get to the ETO and what previous combat
had you seen?
I arrived in the ETO in July 1944
My first combat experience was in Normandy
4. Where were you born and when?
Born- Philadelphia, Penna. December 4, 1918
5. Single/engaged/married--If so, to whom and did you have
any children at that time?
Married September 18, 1943. Wife's name - XXXXXXX
I had no children at the time.
6. Were you involved in the fighting to secure bridgeheads
on the Elbe River?
Yes. Our regiment secured the first American Bridge-
head across the Elbe River at a town called Barby. We put
up a huge sign with the lettering "Truman Bridge" "Gate-
way to Berlin over the Elbe River" "Courtesy - 83rd Inf. Div"
President Roosevelt had died just two or three days before,
and this bridge became the first Army project dedicated to our
new President.
7. Were you wounded in this or any other battle?
I was wounded on December 16, 1944 at Gruzenich, Germany
during the Battle of the Bulge.

IN CHECKING U. S. ARMY RECORDS, WE UNDERSTAND YOU MAY HAVE
PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE LAST EUROPEAN BATTLES OF WORLD
WAR II--THE AMERICANS' ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE RIVER ELBE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1. Your full name?
John J. Devenney
437 Sherman 2 Road, Springfield, Delaware County, Penna.
2. What was your unit and rank as of April 14, 1945?
Captain
Company Commander, 2nd Battalion, 32th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Inf. Div.
3. When did you get to the ETO and what previous combat
had you seen?
I arrived in the ETO in July 1944
My first combat experience was in Normandy
4. Where were you born and when?
Born- Philadelphia, Penna. December 4, 1918
5. Single/engaged/married--If so, to whom and did you have
any children at that time?
Married September 18, 1943. Wife's name - XXXXXXX
I had no children at the time.
6. Were you involved in the fighting to secure bridgeheads
on the Elbe River?
Yes. Our regiment secured the first American Bridge-
head across the Elbe River at a town called Barby. We put
up a huge sign with the lettering "Truman Bridge" "Gate-
way to Berlin over the Elbe River" "Courtesy - 83rd Inf. Div"
President Roosevelt had died just two or three days before,
and this bridge became the first Army project dedicated to our
new President.
7. Were you wounded in this or any other battle?
I was wounded on December 16, 1944 at Gruzenich, Germany
during the Battle of the Bulge.